Doctor of Medicine (MD) within the School of Medicine

Overview

Research in the new School of Medicine seeks to make a difference in the lives of local people through innovative high quality research methods.

Our multi-disciplinary research is led by world-leading academics and covers areas including medical education, paediatric cardiology, public health, health-related behaviours, personalised medicine, endocrinology and obesity.

Collaboration is central to our approach, and we partner with a wide range of stakeholders including community and voluntary groups, local health services including general practice and hospitals, and government departments and the Public Health Agency.

Summary

Supervisors

• Professor Mark Tully
• Professor Peter Bazira
• Professor Richard Brady
• Professor Frank Casey
• Professor Helen Dolk
• Professor David Gibson
• Professor Alex Miras
• Dr Nazia Chaudhuri
• Dr William Duddy
• Dr Stephanie Duguez
• Dr Catriona Kelly
• Dr Paula McClean
• Dr Victoria McGilligan
• Dr Elaine Murray
• Dr Lysa Owen
• Dr Priyank Shukla
• Dr Taranjit Singh Rai
• Dr Steven Watterson
• Dr Shu-Dong Zhang

Facilities

Our Personalised Medicine Centre is based at Altnagelvin Hospital.

Core resources include:

• Dedicated cell culture and microscopy labs
• Live cell imaging capabilities
• Agena Mass Array and MiSeq genomic sequencing
• Flow cytometry cell sorting
• State-of-the-art molecular and proteomic equipment
• Data analytics suite

Ulster University's Personalised Medicine Centre have extensive capabilities in human tissue storage, processing and analyses, utilising a barcoded computerised system compliant with the Human Tissue Act (HTA).

We have collated an integrated disease sample biobank (dbPMC), enriched with clinical data and robust laboratory measures of genomic, proteomic and metabolomic determinants. This resource aims to facilitate the discovery and validation of biomarkers associated with disease predisposition and response to therapy, and ultimately more effective treatments.

About

Entry requirements

Candidates who have held a medical qualification registerable with the General Medical Council for at least three years are eligible for admission.

Essential criteria

• Candidates who have held a medical qualification registerable with the General Medical Council for at least three years are eligible for admission
• Research proposal of 1500 words detailing aims, objectives, milestones and methodology of the project
• Sound understanding of subject area as evidenced by a comprehensive research proposal
• A comprehensive and articulate personal statement

Desirable Criteria

• Experience using research methods or other approaches relevant to the subject
• Publications record appropriate to career stage
• Experience of presentation of research findings

English language requirements

In order to be admitted to research study at Ulster, you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as part of your application.

Get full details on the requirements for both home and overseas applicants can be found on our English language requirements page.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Details of tuition fees can be found under the fees schedule for the academic year of entry.

To work out for which fees you would be eligible and to find out more information about potential sources of funding, please view the Fees and Funding pages on the Doctoral College website.